Ron Sheely
Papa at Retired
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRon Sheely is a retired electronic and embedded systems engineer based in Portland with a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and over a decade of documented professional experience. His career spans PCB and FPGA design, firmware and software development in C/C++, Python and Verilog, and practical work across Linux, iOS/OSX, Android and RTOS environments on ARM and AVR platforms. He combines hands-on instrumentation, sensor signal processing and motion/thermal control expertise with mechanical prototyping skills including 3D printing and CNC. Known for embracing open collaboration and modern tooling—git, GitHub, Jupyter, EAGLE, Xilinx—he’s comfortable bridging hardware and software to deliver complete embedded solutions. Outside engineering he’s an avid kayaker, writer and family-focused “Papa,” reflecting a lifelong learner ethos shaped by long tenures at companies like HP and Tektronix.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (10)
cad8
3d8
python8
opencascade7
webgl7
bim5
sympy4
signal-processing2
web-crawler2
mathematics2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RonSheely/android-foss
Jan 2024 - Nov 2025
A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy.
Contributions:37 pushes in 1 year 10 months
RonSheely/rust-libp2p
Jun 2023 - Mar 2026
The Rust Implementation of the libp2p networking stack.
Contributions:56 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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